Astronaut chronographs or spacecraft watches, timepieces travel to the future. It’s enough to have your head in the stars just by looking at your watch. Space exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Soon, space tourism could become a tangible reality for the common man. On this 44.25 mm chronograph, the face of the Moon is not […]
Kelly Rangama spent her youth in Saint-Paul and Sainte-Marie. On Sundays, she worked as a cook’s assistant with her father. The familiar flavors of spices, curry leaves, and kaffir lime from the garden have never left her. Unlike the fusion cooking that loses the uniqueness of inspirations, the chef favors refined combinations. It took her […]
Dear hedonists, A few days before the Chinese New Year, on Saturday, February 10th, a mischievous thought led me to reread the fantastic text by Pierre Desproges, written in 1981 for the magazine *Charlie Hebdo*, titled “Les étrangers sont nuls” (Foreigners are worthless). Everyone was targeted, including the French. Regarding the Chinese and their “culinary […]
Will you be able to enjoy the pool at your Airbnb in Sitges or the jacuzzi at your hotel in Barcelona? The most touristic region of Spain, Catalonia, has declared a state of emergency due to drought in 202 municipalities, mainly in the Barcelona metropolitan area. Agriculture and industry are affected, of course, but likely […]
This week, it’s Thomas Morales’s turn*. You were so young. – It was in the winter of 1962, I was already almost 30 years old. I was bullfighting on a road in Normandy, at the entrance of Villerville. The “Vieux” scolded me that day because I almost lost the use of one hand. My muleta […]
Of course, rugby is a sport where the collective is more important than the individual. Sexton retired after 118 appearances since 2009, leaving a big gap as the three potential candidates to take over the number 10 jersey have only 12 appearances between them. Despite this (forced) wind of freshness, Andy Farrell wants to continue […]
Their autonomous community has experienced over three years, 40 months, with below-normal precipitation for the season. This is twice as long as the previous record in 2008. The dwindling water reserves, which have fallen below 16% of their capacity, have triggered the declaration of a drought emergency, in effect since this Friday. This imposes severe […]
The Palestinian society on the brink of implosion. In Ramallah, the administrative capital of the Palestinian Authority, the cancellation of work permits for Palestinians strains relations with Israeli authorities. In the surrounding streets, vendors selling fruits and vegetables from small carts shout to attract customers. This provides relief for a smiling and shy single woman […]
QUIZ: Amphibians, birds, primates, or fish: these marvelous representatives of the animal kingdom are at risk of disappearing in the coming decades. Test your knowledge with our questionnaire. This database currently contains over 150,000 records, which are associated with a status ranging from “least concern” to “critically endangered,” without mentioning “extinct at the global level” […]
She is rejuvenating her image through the opening of restaurants and the publication of dedicated works. “Do you have any classics left? If he comes back to Groot, the counter that the two friends, 25 years old each, inaugurated two months ago, it’s to taste one of the four pies on the menu (priced from […]